Monthly Archives: September 2013

‘Libertarians Are the New Communists’ by Nick Hanauer and Eric Liu

Posted on September 7, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

I found this article in the business conservative Forbes magazine profoundly insightful. The article is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-05/libertarians-are-the-new-communists.html        Most people would consider radical libertarianism and communism polar opposites: The first glorifies personal freedom. The second would obliterate it. Yet the … Continue reading →

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‘We Remember Your Childhood Well’ by Carol Ann Duffy (1955-)

Posted on September 3, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

Nobody hurt you. Nobody turned off the light and argued with somebody else all night. The bad man on the moors was only a movie you saw. Nobody locked the door. Your questions were answered fully. No. That didn’t occur. … Continue reading →

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Syria and All That

Posted on September 2, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

What is happening in the Middle East is a large scale regional civil war, maybe comparable to the European World Wars in due course. Sunni versus Shia and secular versus Islamist. The problem is that none of them, not Sunnis, … Continue reading →

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A Plutocracy Ruled by Self-Centered Jerks?

Posted on September 2, 2013 by creativeconflictwisdom

Interesting new studies covered in this article by Joshua Holland from Moyers and Company at                                                http://billmoyers.com/2013/08/27/a-plutocracy-ruled-by-self-centered-jerks/  which throws some light on the famous interchange between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. The former said ‘The rich are different’ and Hemingway replied: … Continue reading →

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